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Communication & Media Studies at Whitworth University

Communication & Media Studies at Whitworth University

If you plan to study communication & media studies, take a look at what Whitworth University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Whitworth is located in Spokane, Washington and has a total student population of 2,756.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Communication & Media Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Whitworth Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

Whitworth Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The communications major at Whitworth is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Communication & Media Studies. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Communications Student Demographics at Whitworth

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communications majors at Whitworth University.

Whitworth Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

77% Women
27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 23% of communications bachelor's degrees went to men and 77% went to women.

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About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications at Whitworth are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Whitworth University with a bachelor's in communications.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 16
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Concentrations Within Communication & Media Studies

If you plan to be a communications major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Whitworth University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Speech Communication 8

Careers That Communications Grads May Go Into

A degree in communications can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for WA, the home state for Whitworth University.

Occupation Jobs in WA Average Salary in WA
Public Relations Specialists 5,770 $72,510
Editors 1,830 $67,560
Writers and Authors 1,400 $65,200
Communications Professors 600 $60,370

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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